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	Search Results for "Barrow"
		barrow, in archaeology, in archaeology, a burial mound.
		Barrow, Point, northernmost point of Alaska, on Arctic Ocean, 9 mi/14.5 km NE of Barrow; 71°23'N 156°30'W. Discovered 1826 by F. Beechey and named for Sir John...
		...Point Barrow, northernmost point of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean, at lat.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Barrow (295 words)

	Barrow - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Barrow, city and seat of North Slope Borough, northern Alaska, near Point Barrow (the northernmost land point of the United States).
		Barrow Island, island off the northwestern coast of Australia, in the Indian Ocean, and part of the state of Western Australia.
		It is southwest of Point Barrow, the northernmost point of the United States.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Barrow.html (113 words)

	Point Barrow - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Point Barrow - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Point Barrow, point, northern Alaska, the northernmost point of the United States, on the Arctic Ocean.
		Barrow, city and seat of North Slope Borough, northern Alaska, near Point Barrow (the northernmost land point of the United States).
	encarta.msn.com /Point_Barrow.html (136 words)

	Point Barrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Point Barrow or Nuvuk, is a headland on the Arctic coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, located 15 km (9 mi) northeast of Barrow.
		Point Barrow has served as a jumping-off point for many Arctic expeditions, including the Wilkins-Detroit Arctic Expeditions and the April 15, 1928 Eielson-Wilkins flight across the Arctic Ocean to Spitsbergen.
		Point Barrow is close to site of the airplane crash that on August 15, 1935 killed two famous personages, aviator Wiley Post and his sole passenger, the widely respected social commentator Will Rogers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Point_Barrow,_Alaska (217 words)

	BARROW ALASKA INFORMATION
		Barrow is the northernmost city in Alaska, 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle, the largest municipal government in the world, and the nation's farthest northern community.
		Barrow is one of the world's largest Eskimo settlements where traditional culture and modern life are blended.
		The U.S. Army established a meteorological and magnetic research station at Barrow in 1881, and the Cape Smythe Whaling and Trading Station was established in 1893.
	www.kingeider.net /king5.html (961 words)

	Barrow information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Barrow is located on the coast of the Chukchi Sea, 10 miles south of Point Barrow from which it takes its name.
		Barrow is the largest city on the North Slope with a population of 4,541 people, the majority of which are Iñupiat Eskimos.
		Barrow is currently the economic, transportation and administrative hub for the North Slope Borough and the Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corporation is the Barrow village corporation.
	www.uark.edu /misc/jcdixon/Historic_Whaling/Villages/Barrow.htm (722 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		These signposts pointed along the direction of the route, and had places crossing the river on them.
		On the opposite river bank there was another signpost to point the direction of the route (Horoshikh 1950: 57, Fig 1).
		Account describing whaling for bowheads in the western Arctic by whaling vessels and in the vicinity of Point Barrow and Herschel Island by shore stations manned by Eskimos and white men during the late 19th and 20th Centuries.
	www.lycos.com /info/eskimo-people--point-barrow.html (539 words)

	Point Barrow
		Point Barrow, a cargo ship dock, was laid down 18 September 1956 by Maryland Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, Baltimore, Md.; launched 25 May 1957; sponsored by Mrs.
		Especially designed for Arctic operations, Point Barrow is constructed along the general lines of a landing ship dock, but with strengthened hull and bow, and special insulation.
		After providing logistic support for U.S. forces in the Arctic, in 1962, Point Barrow transported huge fixed array radar antennas for Enterprise and Long Beach to the East Coast.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/p8/point_barrow.htm (150 words)

	City of Barrow - North Slope Borough
		Barrow is the economic, transportation and administrative center for the North Slope Borough.
		Barrow takes its modern name from Point Barrow, named in 1825 by Captain Beechey of the Royal Navy for Sir John Barrow of the British Admiralty.
		Although Barrow is a modern community, subsistence hunting, fishing and whaling are very still important to the local economy.
	www.north-slope.org /villages/barrow (735 words)

	Anyone in Barrow? - Alaska - City-Data Forum
		Barrow Alaska is the town at the “top of the world” the northernmost village on the North American continent.
		Barrow serves as a hub for transportation, regional government administration, communications, economic development and education in the region.
		This spot marks the meeting point of the Chukchi Sea on the West and the Beaufort Sea to the East, and both are part of the Arctic Ocean.
	www.city-data.com /forum/alaska/345-anyone-barrow.html (2741 words)

	Barrow Alaska, Alaskan cities
		Barrow with a population of 4,438 is the northernmost city in North America.
		Barrow is the economic center of the North Slope Borough.
		Barrow was named for Sir John Barrow, 2nd Secretary of the British Admiralty.
	www.bellsalaska.com /barrow.html (567 words)

	Maine Hunting Today - Dateline 1947 - Point Barrow, Alaska
		Point Barrow is the northern most tip of Alaska and is quite remote to say the least.
		Point Barrow is a spit of land about a mile north of Barrow.
		Barrow was explored by the British and named after Sir John Barrow.
	www.mainehuntingtoday.com /magazine/articles/Remington/dateline_1947.html (2185 words)

	USATODAY.com - Barrow, Alaska, begins 12 weeks of midnight sun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		BARROW, Alaska (AP) — Monday's sunrise was the last for Barrow residents for the next 84 days, as the summer of continuous daylight begins for the USA's northernmost point.
		Barrow has a midnight sun in summer and no sun at all in the winter because it's about 400 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
		July is Barrow's warmest month, but the average high temperature is only 45 degrees and the average low is 34 degrees.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/climate/2004-05-11-barrow-sunrise_x.htm (519 words)

	Naval Appointment signed by Sir John Barrow (Named Point Barrow Alaska after him ) - 1831
		Barrow was entrusted with the task of reconciling the Boers and "Kaffirs" and of reporting on the country in the interior.
		Barrow was a fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1821 received the degree of LL.D from the University of Edinburgh.
		Point Barrow is close to site of the airplane crash that on August 15, 1935 killed two famous personages, aviator Wiley Post and his sole passenger, the widely respected social commentator Will Rogers.
	www.scripophily.net /grbrdo18.html (1293 words)

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		The reason for my choosing the Barrow area was because of it's remote northern position, the Inupiat population, the small size of the town and it's drier climate than the Seward area which has plenty of rain and storms.
		Rounding points on a chart always looks like simple straight forward short work, but in reality is often not the case as sooner or later my mind would be starting to tell me that this passage seems to be taking a long time.
		It appears that the southerly direction of the breaking waves was caused by hydraulic or fluid mechanics in which the drag exerted on the edge of the wave by the extensive shallows gradient would pull the rest of the wave enough to change it's direction from traveling west to traveling southerly.
	www.guillemot-kayaks.com /Trips/Gail/GailTrips/Barrow.txt (12082 words)

	Barrow Alaska Travel Infomation- Lodging, Cabins, Tours, Attractions, Fishing
		Barrow is the northernmost city in Alaska, 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle, on the shores of the Arctic Ocean.
		Barrow is the focal point of a large Eskimo settlement, the 88,000-square mile the largest municipal government in the world.
		Barrow's Eskimo name is known as Ukpeagvik (place where owls are hunted.) In 1881, the U.S. Army established a meteorological and magnetic research station near Barrow.
	www.welcometoalaska.com /barrow.htm (998 words)

	Barrow, Alaska
		Barrow is one of the top 100 birding spots in America.
		Barrow is the only spot in America one can reliably expect to see the elusive Ross's gull, which shows up, sometimes in great numbers during the last week of September through the first couple of weeks of October.
		Whaling season tends to encourage the polar bears to feast on the remains that are left at Point Barrow.
	fairbanks-alaska.com /barrow.htm (732 words)

	Point Barrow, Alaska - Northernmost Totem Pole in the World
		A totem pole located at the Point Barrow, AK LRRS facility (US Air Force) declares it to be the location of the northernmost totem pole in the world.
		Point Barrow is the northernmost inhabited place in the United states, perhaps making this the northernmost roadside attraction.
		We were pleased to note that in the adjacent sign, which gave distances to various places (a common practice in Barrow since nothing is close), the 2,815 mile distance to Wall Drug was deemed worthy of inclusion.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==8064 (245 words)

	Barrow : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		Half-liquid land comes to an arbitrary point at the northern tip of Alaska, Point Barrow, a long tendril reaching into the Arctic Ocean where bowhead whales pass close to shore during their annual migrations.
		The Iñupiat settled here more than a thousand years ago because it is such a good whale hunting spot, and that is still why they live here, dragging their skin boats miles out on the frozen ocean to wait for whales along the cracks in the ice pack.
		Barrow is the northernmost settlement on the North American continent, above the 71st parallel, but that's not all that makes it unique.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/barrow/1533010001.html (483 words)

	AK-93-48-44 King and Common Eider Migrations Past Point Barrow
		Barrow since 1953, a comprehensive survey was last completed in 1996.
		Estimate the number of king and common eiders passing by Point Barrow in spring and fall 2003-2004 and compare with counts made in 1996.
		Estimate the sex ratios of king and common eiders passing by Point Barrow in spring 2003 and 2004.
	www.mms.gov /eppd/sciences/esp/profiles/ak/AK-93-48-44.htm (679 words)

	Birds Observed between Point Barrow and Herschel Island on the Artic Coast of Alaska
		As Taremet has pointed out in his "Birds of the Eastern Arctic" (Canada's Eastern Arctic, Department of the Interior, 1934:117) this is the Hutchins Goose of the old A.O.U. Check-list and equals Hutchins Goose of the field notes of Brooks and myself.
		On June 13 1914, near Humphrey Point, eight were found sun- ning themselves on the bank of a small tundra pool and a male and two females were collected.
		At Demarcation Point on August 29, 1913, one adult with six half-grown young unable to fly were seen partly frozen in by new ice, one inch thick, which was then forming daily.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Condor/files/issues/v045n02/p0049-p0057.html (9708 words)

	Barrow, Alaska
		Barrow, Alaska is the northernmost city of the American nation.
		Barrow, is found on the North Slope Borough, off the Chukchi Sea coast, 10 miles south of Point Barrow.
		It is 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and is encompassed by 18.4 square miles of land and 2.9 square miles of water.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/north_america_crosswords_puzzles/100944 (504 words)

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		They were headed to Barrow for fuel, then west to Providania, Russia a route he had flown the other direction.
		Ziegfeld interrupts him and tells him he has to "meet the girl," and Rogers more or less says, "Oh, yeah, I did meet Betty Blake at about this time." We then are introduced to Betty Blake ourselves--she's sitting on the moon, mooning.
		German labor unions angrily point out that workers already receive Saturday premium pay in other countries such as Switzerland and Austria as well as in Germany's banking industry.
	www.lycos.com /info/will-rogers--point-barrow.html (424 words)

	Point Barrow - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		POINT BARROW [Point Barrow] northernmost point of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean, at lat.
		To the southwest is the village of Barrow.
		Farther south is a monument to Will Rogers and Wiley Post, who lost their lives there in an airplane crash in 1935.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-pointb1ar.html (298 words)

	The Rescue Of The Whalers
		In 1871 thirty-two vessels were driven ashore by the ice and crushed, while in 1876 thirteen were caught in the ice near Point Barrow, drifted in to the northward with the strong current, and neither they nor the sixty men left on board have ever been seen or heard of again.
		The sequel shows that the Eskimos were fully equal to the task, for the herd reached Point Barrow in a very short time, and with a surprisingly small number of casualties among the deer.
		On August 3 she succeeded in working up to Point Barrow, and as a lead had opened inside the ground ice, all three vessels came down and made fast on the inshore side of the piece we were jammed against.
	www.arcticwebsite.com /WhalerRescue.html (10029 words)

	Aerosonde - Article
		Dora will be posting an Online Journal of her experiences in Barrow where you can read about her Arctic adventure and find out more about the TEA program.
		During the transit to Point Barrow it was obvious that the cloud ceiling had lowered somewhat.
		A couple of transects up and down the spit, from the NARL runway toward Point Barrow and back were undertaken to have a look at the reception quality of the video transmission and to check the operation of the receive tracking system.
	www.aerosonde.com /drawarticle/78 (1856 words)

	RTÉ Sport: Barrow target pointing at Aintree
		Leopardstown scorer Point Barrow will be entered in the Irish and English Grand Nationals but is more likely to head to Aintree than Fairyhouse.
		Although Point Barrow's next run should be over timber, the John Smith's Grand National on April 14 is currently Hughes' long-term ambition for the talented chaser.
		Point Barrow, who won the Irish National last season, was cut by most firms from 33s to 20-1 to win this year's Aintree marathon over four and a half miles.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2007/0115/pointbarrow.html?rss (256 words)

	Excursion in Sea Kayaking at Barrow Alaska
		The most ethereal plant with the thinnest imaginable stems was a member of that tenacious weed, the chickweed or stellaria family. This stellaria was hidden among the grasses having stems which appeared to be about as thick as hair with whitish grey green very delicate lance shaped leaves topped by tiny white flowers.
		I proceeded on for Tekegakrok Point and stopped near East Twin Lake. This lake had been reported as a salt lake because of its outlet to Mayeak River estuary, but I thought that since there was West Twin Lake in the area, water must be available.
		I quickly extricated myself from my sleeping bag and tent for this long awaited wonderful moment with video and camera in hand. To my dismay the recharged video batteries were on the stern of my kayak in the ravine.
	www.guillemot-kayaks.com /Trips/Gail/91BarrowAlaska.htm (888 words)

	Barrow, Alaska Tribute by Jeffrey Sward
		Barrow is the northernmost permanent settlement in the Western Hemisphere.
		A few miles north of downtown Barrow is Point Barrow, which is the northernmost point of the United States.
		Barrow is situated in the northern center of the Alaskan north slope, located directly on the Arctic Ocean.
	www.jeffreysward.com /tributes/barrow.htm (646 words)

	NPP Tundra: Point Barrow, Alaska [U.S.A.] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Tieszen, L. NPP Tundra: Point Barrow, Alaska, 1970-1972.
		Productivity of a wet arctic tundra meadow was studied from 1970 to 1972 at Point Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A. Measurements of peak above-ground live biomass and leaf area index were made on 43 permanent plots, 1 m x 10 m, representing the spectrum of undisturbed vegetation.
		Graminoid vegetation at Barrow is grazed discontinuously and sometimes intensively by the brown lemming.
	daac.ornl.gov /NPP/site_des/brw_des.html (350 words)

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